Friday, July 31, 2009

"Taking Woodstock" premiere in N.Y.

"Taking Woodstock is coming to select cities on August 14th from Focus Features. The film had a New York City premiere on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema on 143 East Houston Street (between Chrystie and Allen Streets)". Source: broadwayworld.com

Emile Hirsch Interview Taking Woodstock Premiere

Taking Woodstock is the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee - and it's a trip!

Based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, the comedy stars Demetri Martin as Elliot, who inadvertently played a role in making 1969's Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Taking Woodstock is a joyous voyage to a moment in time when everything seemed possible.

TALKING WOODSTOCKAxe - Any musical instrumentBall - Sexual intercourseBread - MoneyFreak - Insider’s term for hippyFuzz - PoliceGas - SublimeLid - An ounce of marijuanaRipped - Under the influenceRoach - A joint"To recreate the summer of love vibe for his film, Lee set up a flower power bootcamp, complete with a hippy handbook detailing common terms such as ‘roach’ (joint) and ‘fuzz’ (police).

But the biggest obstacle was finding convincing extras - actors without over-toned bodies and with pubic hair.This is nudity, 60s-style.

"That encapsulates the difference of 40 years right there", says writer and producer James Schamus.But Lee insists that, unlike his award-winning drama Brokeback Mountain, this is not another film about homosexuality.And just as this is not a ‘gay film’, Lee himself strives to avoid being pigeon-holed".Directors like Tarantino and Almodovar bring a unique motif to all their work, but Lee displays a chameleon-like ability to dissolve into different genres and cultural settings".Source: www.heralddeparis.com

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